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  • (Friday, Feb. 19, 2010) - Sewage spills, also called Sanitary Sewer Overflows (SSO), declined for the third consecutive year, according to data collected by the City and County of Honolulu's Department of Environmental Services (ENV).

    Hawaii Reporter 2010

  • When I was a young man the Red Flag was referred to as a Sanitary Towel.

    British Blogs 2009

  • As a word of caution, applications such as Sanitary Erase (SE) and Wiper offer immediate but temporary restoration of original

    OCTools 2010

  • Compare this culture with that shown in Fig. 12.] ~ "Sanitary" or "certified" milk.

    Outlines of Dairy Bacteriology, 8th edition A Concise Manual for the Use of Students in Dairying 1910

  • During World War I, Popenoe served as a captain in the U.S. Army Sanitary Corps, in charge of controlling liquor and vice in army camps—a major progressive cause.

    A Renegade History of the United States Thaddeus Russell 2010

  • The Leutze's gilded frame alone—12 feet by 21 feet and based on a Matthew Brady photograph when the painting was displayed during the Civil War at the Metropolitan Sanitary Fair in New York to raise money for injured Union soldiers—is a tour de force.

    American Idyll Ralph Gardner Jr. 2012

  • Marin's civil grand jury in June issued a report slamming the agency, the Ross Valley Sanitary District, blaming it for large sewage spills and a deteriorating relationship with other local waste officials.

    Fight Over Sewage Flares in Marin Justin Scheck 2011

  • On the first door to the left, stencilled on the glass, I saw his name, my interviewer, Mr. George Soper, Sanitary Engineer.

    Deadly Julie Chibbaro 2011

  • During the Civil War, Olmsted served as head of the Sanitary Commission, whose mandate included everything that affected the health of Union soldiers, from nutrition to disease control.

    Meaning In a Meadow Michael J. Lewis 2011

  • On the first door to the left, stencilled on the glass, I saw his name, my interviewer, Mr. George Soper, Sanitary Engineer.

    Deadly Julie Chibbaro 2011

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